Howard selyage



H. SELVAGE.

'NECKSGARR (No Model.)

Patented Febf, 1882.

jnvenor N. PETERS. Phmvmrmgnpmr. wmmngm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD sELvAGE, OE BROOKLYN, AssrGNoR TO RUFUs WATEREOUSE,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKSCARF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,485, dated February '7, 1882.

Application filed May 3l, 1881.

T o a ZL whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD SELVAGE, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Neckscarfs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the same, iu which- Figure l is a surface view ot' the back of a scarf containing my improvement. Fig. 2 is an upper edge view of the scarf. Fig. 3 is a face view of a metal plate, with which is connected a sprin g that serves to hold and detain the free end of the neckbaud and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of said plate and spring on line m a2, Fig. 3. f

The ordinary way of securing and fastening the free end of the neckband in dat scarfs is to pass it endwise through an opening in the upper edge or corner of the scarf, between the front thereof and the shield, and catch it upon a pin iixed in or to the shield. This makes it necessary to stiti'en the end of the band, which is usually done by a strip of flat metal inclosed and stitched into the band; and the insertion of the end ofthe band in the opening referred to is always attended with more or less inconvenience to the wearer.

The object of my improvement is to obviate the above difficulties; and it consists in the combination, with the scarf, of a peculiarly-arranged spring for holding the free end of the neckband, either with or without a detainingpin, and under which the band may be passed edgewise and made to engage without being passed endwise through an openin g at the edge of the scarf or shield.

A A represent the crossed aprons of a fiat scarf; B, the shield, and C the neckband. The interior upper portion of the shield is cnt away, as shown in Fig. 1, so as to leave a projection, a, pointing inward, as shown. For uniformity of appearance a similar projection, a', may be formed on the opposite side of thc openin g, leaving a space, c, between the projections, through which the neckband may he passed edgewise in under the projection a.

D is a flat strip of spring metal, which is to (No model.)

be secured in the upper end of the scarf, between the front and the lining, by stitching or otherwise. With this is connected a spring, b, which may be cut out Of the plate itself without severing the outer end from the plate, as

seen -in Fig. 3. This spring is arranged to lie upon the outer face ot' the lining of the back ot' the scart' and immediately under the projection a, the inner end of the spring and projection being secured together.

The scart being adjusted to the neck of the wearer and the neckband passed around the neck, the free end is simply passed under the scarf and then into the space c and under the spring b, the pressure of which will hold the band fast.

It preferred, a detaining-pin,c, may be added by attaching it to the projection a, as seen in Fig. l.

I have described what I regard as the preferable construction of the spring b and its connection with the scarf; butany equivalent form of spring and method and place of connection may be adopted, whereby the neckband may be introduced and held under the spring without having to pass endwise through an aperture or opening in the scarf.

When the spring b, in substantially the form shown in the drawings, is employed alone and without the addition of the detaining-pin e, the said spring should project inwardly-that is,

lwith its end pointed toward the central line of the scarf and be substantially coincident in outline and arrangement with the inwardly-turned projection a of the shield, as described. By this form and arrangement, when the neckhand is slipped edgewise under the spring, as specified, the pull upon the said band will operate to draw the band to and hold it in the angle formed hy the j unction ofthe spring with its plate D, said pull on the band, when the scarf is in place on the neck ofthe wearer, being upward and outward and Oblique to the vertical central line of the scarf, and thus tending to draw the band in the manner described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a scarf, of a spring,

1o B, having the central upper portion cut away,

leaving the projections a a', with space cbctween their points, the projection t being provided With a. detaining-pin, e, as and for the purpose described.

W'itness my hand May 27, 1881.

HOWARD SELVAGE.

In presence of- P. B. VERMILYA, A. G. W. VERMILYA. 

